From Al Capone to George "Machine Gun" Kelly, more than 1,500 men were incarcerated at Alcatraz during the nearly 30 years it was in operation in the San Francisco Bay. The infamous prison-turned ...

Read about the most infamous inmates below: ALCATRAZ 2.0: FMR. FBI AGENT FLOATS 'PERFECT' NEW PRISON SITE THAT WOULD SCARE EVEN MOST HARDENED CRIMINALS Al Capone spent time at several prisons ...

President Trump said on May 4 he wants to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison. It closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.

Trump's directive has revived debate over the prison that once held Al Capone ... to Alcatraz, attracted by conditions that included single-occupancy cells. One of three cell tiers of individual ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ... including gangster Al Capone and George “Machine ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back ... worst criminals. The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters Al Capone and George ...

Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to make the facility operational again.

During its time as a federal prison, which spanned almost 30 years, Alcatraz housed a total of over 1,500 inmates. Read about the most infamous inmates below: Al Capone spent time at several ...

The prison was known for housing some of the nation's most notorious criminals, such as Al Capone, according ... such as having one man per cell — at Alcatraz compared to other federal prisons.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed ...